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What is a function in programming?

Learn programming basics! Understand algorithms, propositional logic, and Python syntax. Create programs and grasp the basics of computer science.

Rafael explains that functions are a named sequence of instructions to perform a specific task. He demonstrates how to use them when programming in Python.

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